US 12,472,969 B2
Vehicle notification for decrease in the residual fuel/energy
Takuya Kume, Kariya (JP); and Kazuki Izumi, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/363,581.
Application 18/363,581 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/009794, filed on Mar. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-041705 (JP), filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017736 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 60/005 (2020.02); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 2360/119 (2024.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2530/209 (2020.02); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device for a vehicle, the vehicle having a user-involvement mode and an automated driving mode as driving modes, the user-involvement mode being a driving mode in which a user sitting in a driver's seat is required to monitor a front of the vehicle, the automated driving mode being a driving mode in which the user is not required to monitor the front of the vehicle, the vehicle control device comprising a processor configured to:
acquire information of a current driving mode;
acquire a residual amount of energy that is a residual amount of power stored in a battery for driving or a residual amount of fuel for driving;
determine whether the current driving mode is the user-involvement mode or the automated driving mode;
determine whether the residual amount of energy becomes equal to or less than a first predetermined threshold when the current driving mode is determined to be the automated driving mode;
perform a notification related to a decrease in the residual amount of energy when the current driving mode is the automated driving mode and the residual amount of energy is determined to become equal to or less than the first predetermined threshold;
determine whether the residual amount of energy becomes equal to or less than a second predetermined threshold smaller than the first predetermined threshold when the current driving mode is determined to be the user-involvement mode; and
perform the notification related to decrease in the residual amount of energy when the current driving mode is the user-involvement mode and the residual amount of energy is determined to become equal to or less than the second predetermined threshold.